This new find, affectionately nicknamed “The Pasty” because the wrapping resembled the famous Cornish pastry, is one of the ...

Mangeac had found a hoard of ancient Roman coins — 1,469 silver denarii — buried in a field in Letca Nouă. He said the discovery left him in disbelief. Marius Mangeac found 1,469 coins dating ...

All are thought to date from various periods of ancient Greek history and will be assessed by a state archaeological service. Police also confiscated metal detectors and scanning equipment ...

What happened to these seemingly invincible deities, who were flawed yet powerful? Did the gods of Ancient Greece, those figures of true divine power and often questionable morality, actually die? The ...

Socrates, one of the ancient Greek great minds, was sentenced to death, accused of impiety and corruption of young people. Painting entitled Socrates’ Address by Louis Joseph Lebrun, 1867. Credit: ...

In the book, which comes out later this year, Hauser tells the often-overlooked stories of women in ancient Greece—including the mysterious royal woman. “Too many of the faces we see peering ...